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The Wood County Genealogical Society Genealogy Research Center is housed at the Quitman Public Library, 202 E. Goode Street (Hwy 154), Quitman, Texas. The library is open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. every Tuesday through Friday excluding holidays.

Recent Posts

Leatrice Mason of Quitman brought the January meeting program with a remembrance of Dr. Martin Luther King, a preview of African American History Month (February), and a special tribute to her sister, Mattie Mae Etta Johnson of the Muddy Creek Community of Quitman, who played a memorable role in the 20th Century’s Civil Rights movement. (More about Mae Etta in the next bulletin article)

Speaking on January 21, Dr. Martin Luther King Holiday, Leatrice recalled as a child having memorized his speech and delivered it to the Cypress Distrtict Congress at Naples, Texas. She also told why Dr. Carter G. Woodson chose February as Black History Month because it was the birth month of both Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln. Douglass was a prominent Black civil rights spokesman and Lincoln proclaimed freedom for slaves in his Emancipation Proclamation. She also related many contribution by Black inventors to our modern lives.

In the business meeting, members were able to view the new microfilm reader-printer and old and new business was discussed. Details of the meeting will be available on the member’s only area (see upper right on this page for a link to that area) when posted in minutes after the February meeting. The previous (November) meeting minutes and the January treasurer’s report are in the member’s only area now.

Leatrice Mason answers audience questions after her presentation on Dr. Martin Luther King Day

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Calendar of Events

Beginning in February 2013, the monthly Calendar-of-Events will be moved to a monthly blog post. To find the current month, type "Calendar-of-Events" (no quotation marks) in the search box at the top right of this page. To see the entire monthly events, you might need to click on the blog post Title; (example) WCGSTX February 2013 Calendar-of-Events.